RR Auction: Rare Manuscript, Document, and Autograph Auction

Clergyman and statesman (1735–1806) who represented New Hampshire in the Continental and US Congress. Printed broadside, 8 x 12.75, “to amend the Act,

Revolutionary War–dated LS signed “B. Franklin,” three pages on two adjoining sheets, 7.25 x 9, Passy, France, December 13, 1781. Letter to his son-in

LS in German, one page, 7.5 x 4.5, September 10, 1778. Letter to the Regimentsquartiermeister Bottcher with the Order, (translated): “Kriegs-Rath Buch

ALS in German, signed “Freud,” one page, lightly-lined, 5.25 x 8.5, October 14, 1926. Letter to a woman apparently suffering from cancer. In part (tra

Inventor (1818–1903) of the eponymous machine gun which has been estimated to have killed over 250,000 men since 1862. Ink signature, “R. J. Gatling,”

Chiricahua Apache (1829–1909) who attained the status of legend for his steadfast defense of Native American lands against the United States governmen

Autograph manuscript, unsigned, one page, 7.5 x 12, entitled “How Shall I Vote?” This seemingly unpublished manuscript reads, in part: “Vote as Franz

Born the daughter of a humble blacksmith, the model, entertainer, and courtesan Emma Hamilton (née Amy Lyon, 1761) ascended through the ranks o...

Two separately bound, unsigned, printed portions of the Resolves of the General Court of Massachusetts, pages 3–35, 8 x 12.5, printed in Boston by Tho

Ink signature, “John Hancock,” on an off-white slip clipped from a larger document. Double-matted and framed with a portrait of Hancock to an overall